Washing-machine.



PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

H N E 0 EA I M 0 m I TUH S A W APPLICATION FILED AUG.18.1906.

- Jahnfiaiizzb w nven tor 1 Attorneys nesses /Z Wit UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HOMIER, OF TIFFIN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MICHAEL FATE, OF TIFFIN, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

application filed A t 18,1905. Serial No. 274,758-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HOMIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiffin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing-machines, and has for an object to provide a washing-machine embodying new and improved features of convenience, simplicity, durability, and efiiciency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a washing-machine embodying improved means for swinging all the operative parts from out the tub to permit the use of the tub for rinsing and wringing the washed garments.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a washing-machine having new and improved covers arranged and proportioned to swing outwardly on hinges to form a table at each end of the machine, upon which both the washed and unwashed garments may be placed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a frame hinged within the tub and carrying rollers, said frame being supported, and the rollers held in contact with the driven roller, by a spring carried by the frame.

WVith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved washing-machine with the working parts swung out of the tub. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the improved washing-machine with the working parts within the tub and the covers closed. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the hinge by which the fluted driven roller is secured to the tub.- Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal sectional-view of one end of the small rollers, showing the tips and the manner of securing the pinions into the ends.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

In its preferred embodiment the washingmachine forming the subject-matter of this application comprises a tub rectangularin form, supported, as by the legs 11, and having means for discharging water, as the faucet 12. Hinged within the tub at 13 is a frame composed of the side pieces 14 and the bottom piece 15. To the bottom piece is secured a spring 16, arranged and proportioned to bear against the bottom 17 of the tub and support the frame. The frame may be secured within the tub and against the tension of the spring 16 by latches 18, pivoted at 19 and engaging notches 20 in the end pieces14.

The end pieces 14 are each provided with a plurality of openings 21, which may be babbitted or finished in any approved manner to form bearings for the pintles 22 of the rollers 23 and 24. Preferably the rollers 23 are smooth cylindrical rollers and the rollers 24 formed with longitudinal corrugations.

The pintles 22 are secured in the ends of the rollers by being formed with a head 25, which is inserted into an-aXial opening 26 of substantially the same diameter. The extremities of the rollers are reduced in size, as at 27, to form annular shoulders 28, and obliquelydisposed holes 29 are formed from the shoulders to the axial openin 26. Into the parts cut away is poured molten metal, as babbitt, to form the cap 30 and bushing 31,.connected by the obliquely-disposed braces 32.

To one side of the tub 10 is secured the hinge member 32 by the bolts 33, and therein is pivoted at 34 the hinge-bearin 35. Within the hinge 35 is journaled the shaft 36, which is held against longitudinal displacement by the collars 37, which may be secured on the shaft in any approved manner, as by screw-threads, pins, set-screws, or the like. WVithin the upper edge of the sides of the tub 10 are formed bearin s 38, which may be simple concavities in the material of the tub or may be babbitted or finishedin any other approved manner.

The shaft 36 is provided at the end opposite the hinge-bearing 35 with a crank 39, and thereon is mounted a larger fluted roller 40. To secure the roller 40 within the tub and the shaft 36 in operative position in the bearings 38, a lever 41 is pivoted at 42 to the side of the tub and provided with a bearing-notch 43, proportioned to embrace the shaft 36, and a catch 44, arranged to'engage with an opening 45 to hold the notch upon the shaft.

Upon opposite ends of the tub are hinged covers 46 and 47, pivoted to the tub, as by pins 48 and 49, inserted through the end pieces 50 and 51.

To operate, the coversare'opened and the tub filled to the approved height with water and soap or other ingredients. The soiled clothing is then placed upon the table formed by the cover 46 and run between the roller 40 and the rollers 24 and 23. The garments may be washed singly or many may be folded within one, as the size of the pieces and the other conditions may render desirable. During washing the frame carrying the rollers 24 and 28 may be held in resilient contact with the roller 40 by the spring 16, or the frame may be engaged by the latches 18.

When the clothes have been washed, the frame and the roller 40 may be swung out of the tub, as shown in Fig. 1, and a wringer secured to the tub, through which the clothes will be run into a receptacle placed upon the table formed by the cover 47.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A washing-machine comprising a tub, covers hinged to ends of the tub and arranged to swing without the tub and form tables, a frame within and so hinged as to swing longitudinally without the tub and carrying rollers disposed transversely of the tub and a spring bearing against the bottom of the tub, latches for holding the frame and rollers within the tub against the tension of the spring, a fluted roller hinged at one side of the tub and disposed normally above and in cooperative relation with the rollers of the frame and a pivoted latch for holding the fluted roller operatively within the tub.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT A. FATE, P. H. DROHEN. 

